Mattress



March 11, 1 925.

M. J. HOWARD MATTRESS Fild May 22, 1925 Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNTED STATES Lezama MARION JONES HOWARD, OF SPARTANBUR-G, SOUTH CAROLINA.

MATTRESS.

Application filed May 22, 1923. Serial No. 640,666.

To @ZZ who/a t may concern Be it known that I, ManioN JoNEs How Ann, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spartanburg, in the county of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattresses, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a mattress that is primarily adapted for use in sickrooms and hospitals, whereby bed pans and the like articles may be positioned beneath the patient without the usual necessity of raising the patient from the bed and then inserting the pans, which is now a ver i disagreeable feature, due to the fact, that it is quite laborious to raise the patient anl properly position the pan, and when the same is properly positioned7 it is a source of discomfort due to the unnatural position of the body upon the mattress.

It is therefore, the primary object of this .invention to overcome the above objections, and for this purpose, I have provided a mattress that is provided upon opposite sides with removable sections, whereby the section that is upon the side of the mattress being used may be easily removed for positioning the bed pan or other article within the opening formed.

A further object is t0 provide such a mattress that is extremely simple of construction, and one that may be manufactured and marketed at al cost no greater than the types of mattresses now used.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in conv nection with the accompanying drawing, the

invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application.r like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved mattress, the removable sections upon opposite sides thereof being shown in a partially removed position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Figure 3 is a detail transverse cross scction upon the line 3-3 of Figure l;

lVith particular reference to the drawing, 5 designates a mattress of any desirable size, shape and material In the furtherance of my invention, this mattress 5 is provided upon opposite sides with transverse openings 6, the thickness of which are lesser than the thickness of the mattress, the outer end of each opening terminating at opposite edges of the 'mattress Removably positioned within each of said openings 6 are sections 7, the inner ends of which carry straps 8 that are engaged through cross straps 9 upon the inner sides of the openings` 6, these straps being extended forwardly beneath the section 7, and of such a length as to be passed through other cross straps 9 uponthe outer edges of the sections, for preventing the casual displacement of the sections within the openings. y

In view of the above description, it will be at once apparent that when either side oft-he mattress is being used, the section 7 may be quickly removed for permitting of the positioning of a bed pan or similar article within the receptacle opening 6, which will thereby obviate the necessity of raising the patient for properly positioning the pan. It will also be seen in this connection, that when the pan is positioned within the opening, the body of the patient will be substantially level, and not be sub` jected to any discomfort.V v

Although I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Havingl thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A mattress in the form of a parallelopiped body provided at its side edge with a rectangular recess leading in from the said edge and terminating at its inner end at the median longitudinal dimension of the body, the side edges of the recess being parallel with the end edges of the mattress body, the y recess being of a depth approximately equal to one-half of the transverse thickness of ico n the recess and completelyl through the loop and extended along the d bottom of the recess and under the mattress section to the side edge of the body of the' 10 mattress. y

In testlmony whereof I allx my signature.

vMARION JONES HOWARD. 

